The piñon, or nut pine, is a small ornamental
tree with inch-long needles intwos and stocky cones about 2 inches high. The
edible seeds are harvested in the wild for sale. There is a specimen at 525
Los Arboles Avenue, visible from Searsville Road, partly obscured behind a fence.

Additions/Revisions: Pinus
monopylla extends throughout the Great Basin and into Eastern California.
P. quadrifolia and P. edulis have limited distribution in Southern
California, and there is dabate over the taxonomic status of those populations.